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“If you've done what you need to do, you need to go bury yourself, because what else are you going to do? I think that that's where life stops.”
Source : Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. May 5, 2011. 
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“The West has funded the war against itself by buying Arab oil. It is as simple and as tragic as that.”
Source : Phyllis Chesler (2013). “An American Bride in Kabul: A Memoir”, p.188, Macmillan
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“The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of copying passages right out of the encyclopedia”
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“The policy of seeking values from human beings by means of force, when practiced by an individual, is called crime. When practiced by a government, it is called statism ...”
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“There are few pleasures like really burrowing one's nose into sweet peas.”
Source : Angela Thirkell (1968). “The Brandons, and others”, Hamish Hamilton
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“The Clinton era is over. I think that there would even have been a certain amount of rejoicing among some Republicans if Gore had won or if Ralph Nader had won or if Satan had won.”
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“I would like to submit an entirely different agenda, one that is built on love, cherishing and timelessness. One that acknowledges that in living, we accumulate. We admire. We desire. We love. We collect. We display.”
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“Nobody gives way to anybody. Everyone just angles, points, dives directly toward his destination, pretending it is an all-or-nothing gamble. People glare at one another and fight for maneuvering space. All parties are equally determined to get the right-of-way--insist on it. They swerve away at the last possible moment, giving scant inches to spare. The victor goes forwards, no time for a victory grin, already engaging in another contest of will. Saigon traffic is Vietnamese life, a continuous charade of posturing, bluffing, fast moves, tenacity and surrenders.”
Source : Andrew X. Pham (2010). “Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam”, p.75, Macmillan
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“I grew up where my parents would literally shove me in the car rather than have to say hello to a neighbor.”
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“Being an entrepreneur simply means being someone who wants to make a difference to other people's lives.”
